⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 33 free throws to their 23- Made three threes to their nine
- Went cold from three, three of twenty
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q3 6:45 · DEN 77-64 LAC
- Winner
Allen Iverson hit a jumper, Anthony Carter with the assist
Q4 1:23 · DEN 106-104 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q4 1:54 · DEN 110-104 LAC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Anthony Carter bad pass
Q4 3:01 · DEN 102-99 LAC
- Missed FT
Kenyon Martin misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:32 · DEN 102-102 LAC
- Missed FT
Kenyon Martin misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 2:32 · DEN 102-102 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
- Ties it
Corey Maggette hit a 25-foot three jumper, Brevin Knight with the assist
Q4 2:56 · DEN 102-102 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q4 3:45 · DEN 102-104 LAC
- Lead
Corey Maggette hit a free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:16 · DEN 102-103 LAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Tim Thomas technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 6:20 · DEN 72-64 LAC
- Turnover
Brevin Knight bad pass
Q4 4:33 · DEN 100-96 LAC
- Missed FT
Brevin Knight misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 3:42 · DEN 102-99 LAC
📊The numbers
| DEN | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 3 | Threes made | 9 |
| 15% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 84 | Rebounds | 62 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 25 | Assists | 28 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 23 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 4 | Steals | 8 |
| 10 | Blocks | 5 |
